News from September 2019
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: Orlando, Florida, - U.S. District Judge G. Kendall Sharp today sentenced Robert Wells (37, Palm Coast) to 18 months in federal prison for possessing a loaded handgun and ammunition as a convicted felon. The court also ordered Wells to forfeit the firearm and ammunition.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: MADISON, WIS. -- A federal grand jury in the Western District of Wisconsin, sitting in Madison, returned the following indictments today. You are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement in response to the Labor Department’s August 2019 jobs report...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
Release: Washington, D.C., Sept. 19, 2019 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is advising the public of its decision to authorize the importation of fresh cape gooseberry fruit from Ecuador into the United States. On April 20, 2018, APHIS published a proposed ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Two Hudson County men were charged for their alleged roles in trafficking heroin and fentanyl into a New Jersey state prison, which resulted in an inmate’s overdose, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) released the following statement upon conclusion of an executive session called by the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Brian C. Turner, Special Agent in Charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, today announced that STEVEN KENT STRANGE, 49, of Bailey, North Carolina, was arrested yesterday on a federal criminal complaint charging him with defrauding his employer’s charity matching gift program.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced that Paul Andrew Talley, 51, of Coushatta, Louisiana, was sentenced Wednesday by Chief U.S. District Judge S. Maurice Hicks Jr. to 10 years in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for accessing the internet with intent to view child pornography. Talley is also required to register as a sex offender.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Box Elder, South Dakota, woman convicted of Accessory to Second Degree Murder was sentenced on Sept. 17, 2019, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today extended the deadline to September 27 for dairy producers to enroll in the Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program for 2019. The deadline had been September 20.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - A resident of Johnstown, Pa., pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal narcotics laws United States Attorney Scott W. Brady announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: Ariana Fajardo Orshan, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, (FBI), Miami Field Office, announced that Dr. David Edward Nowak, 42, of Delray Beach, Florida, was sentenced to prison on federal child pornography charges.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: Dear Inspector General George: On Jan. 19, 2018, former Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, Orrin G. Hatch, and current Ranking Member of the House Committee on Ways and Means, Kevin Brady, wrote to you to express concerns about the large number of vacancies at the Treasury Inspector General...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: Today, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure approved a slate of bipartisan measures by voice vote, including the Fair and Open Skies Act, the Protect and Restore America’s Estuaries Act, the Resilience Revolving Loan Fund Act, legislation to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, and more.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - The chief executive officer of a private equity investment firm today admitted he defrauded an investor of $1.35 million dollars, U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: Brady Statement on Marchant’s Announcement to Retire.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: United States Attorney Ron Parsons announced that a Mobridge, South Dakota, woman has been indicted by a federal grand jury for Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: WILMINGTON - United States Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. announced that Chief United States District Judge Terrence W. Boyle sentenced ANTHONY WILLIAMS 36, of New Hanover County to 168 months’ imprisonment, followed by 5 years of supervised released. On Jan. 15, 2018, WILLIAMS plead guilty to conspiracy...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: BOSTON - A Boston man was arrested yesterday and charged in federal court in Boston with being a felon in possession of a firearm. Naysaan Austin, 23, was charged with one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Austin was detained yesterday following an initial appearance before Magistrate Judge M. Page Kelley.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2019
News Release: In Austin today, a federal judge sentenced 40-year-old former Austin Capital One bank employee Paola Gallego of Round Rock, TX, to five years in federal prison for stealing over $1 million from a bank customer, announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash, FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, San Antonio Division, and Special Agent in Charge Laurie L. Younger, FDIC Office of Inspector General (FDIC OIG), Dallas Region.
